If I’ve learned anything in following this series for five months, it’s to not let its moods deceive me. Read more

Conan has nothing on The Apothecary Diaries. Read more

The equation with Maomao and Jinshi has fundamentally changed now, that much is certain. Read more

It seems in fact as if Kusuriya has entered the serious phase of its development. Read more

One way or another I think the dynamic of things has changed, and Lakan is surely at the heart of it. Read more

Meitantei Maomao. Read more

Lakan is a tough one to puzzle out. Read more

I suppose there’s a certain irony in Xiaomao being the one to instruct imperial consorts in the ways of seducing and pleasing men. Read more

The two big multi-cours of the moment are moving in lockstep, to an extent. Read more

My track record with LN adaptations is checkered to say the least, but it’s obvious that Kusuriya no Hitorigoto is no mass-produced model. Read more